June 01, 2004

Personal:

Bloody hell...

    By Jack Grant

I move to France, and for those who are extremely important to me, things fall apart...

Sigh...

I wonder at times. I've been extremely lucky, but in the end, how much of a role does luck truly play?

Sigh...

It's not fair making these kinds of judgments. I'm not in their shoes; I'm not having to deal with their issues, with their pressures, with their fears.

Sigh...

I know that I can only control MY own behaviors, but I still wish I could shield those I love from all the bad things that happen to them.

Sigh...

Well, there it is...

Posted by Jack Grant at 19:34 on 1 June 2004
Comments

..for those of us who care about someone.. there is only so much we can do, Jack... in the end, it is their life... and, we are just spectators... I'm in the same boat as you in that respect....

Posted by: Eric at June 2, 2004 12:55 AM

I'm in that boat as well. It's tough!!

Hang in there.

Posted by: Sam at June 2, 2004 06:11 PM

I'm sighing for ya, hon.

"I know that I can only control MY own behavior" is a tough realization. It seems simple, but when impassioned, nothing is.

Posted by: Key at June 2, 2004 10:15 PM

Look around. We're all in that boat. Just keep paddling!

Posted by: Indigo at June 3, 2004 05:13 AM



























































































































































































































































































































































This is an individual entry
if you want the main page
click below:

email me at:

Random Fate - latest posts

We don't handle randomness well.
   -Dr. Lucy Jones


Trying to hold the center in not so quiet desperation while the left and the right do their damnest to tear everything apart.

What Others Say
An American transplanted to France for the moment, Jack is sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal, and almost always right.
   -Pennywit

Jack has an impressive knowledge of history, politics, and Keanu Reeves. When it comes to pirates, Jack is waaay sexier than that pansy Dread Pirate Roberts. Oh, wait--I'm thinking of Jack Sparrow...
   -Jennifer (Jennifer's History and Stuff)

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
   -William Butler Yeats, January 1919


Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
   -Dandemis

Wahabism Delenda Est
Wahabism must be destroyed.
-John Donovan, 12 May 2004